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19-letter words containing m, a, d, e, u

  • radiopharmaceutical — any of a number of radioactive drugs used diagnostically or therapeutically.
  • samuel de champlain — Samuel de [sam-yoo-uh l duh;; French sa-my-el duh] /ˈsæm yu əl də;; French sa müˈɛl də/ (Show IPA), 1567–1635, French explorer in the Americas: founder of Quebec; first colonial governor 1633–35.
  • seasonal adjustment — an adjustment that removes the seasonal component of statistics
  • semiconductor laser — a laser in which a semiconductor is the light-emitting source, used in many medical procedures.
  • smokestack industry — A smokestack industry is a traditional industry such as heavy engineering or manufacturing, rather than a modern industry such as electronics.
  • sodium metasilicate — a white, granular sodium silicate, Na 2 SiO 3 , soluble in water: used in detergents and in bleaching and cleaning products.
  • sodium thiosulphate — a white soluble substance used, in the pentahydrate form, in photography as a fixer to dissolve unchanged silver halides and also to remove excess chlorine from chlorinated water. Formula: Na2S2O3
  • sound effects woman — a woman who produces sounds artificially or reproduces them from a recording, etc, to create a theatrical effect, such as the bringing together of two halves of a hollow coconut shell to simulate a horse's gallop. Such sound effects are used in plays, films, etc
  • sql module language — A language used to interface other languages (Ada, C, COBOL) to SQL-based DBMSes. It is an ANSI standard. Version: Ada/SAME by Informix.
  • subjective idealism — a doctrine that the world has no existence independent of sensations or ideas.
  • supreme de volaille — suprême (def 2).
  • suspended animation — a state of temporary cessation of the vital functions.
  • to change your mind — If you change your mind, or if someone or something changes your mind, you change a decision you have made or an opinion that you had.
  • trisodium phosphate — sodium phosphate (def 3).
  • turn someone's head — the upper part of the body in humans, joined to the trunk by the neck, containing the brain, eyes, ears, nose, and mouth.
  • ultracrepidarianism — noting or pertaining to a person who criticizes, judges, or gives advice outside the area of his or her expertise: The play provides a classic, simplistic portrayal of an ultracrepidarian mother-in-law.
  • unlimited liability — liability that is not restricted to any unpaid portion of nominal capital invested in a business
  • unorganized ferment — ferment (def 2).
  • velocity modulation — the modulation in velocity of a beam of electrons or ions caused by passing the beam through a high-frequency electric field, as in a cavity resonator
  • versa module europa — (hardware)   (VME) A flexible open-ended bus system which makes use of the Eurocard standard. VME was introduced in 1981 by Motorola, Philips, Thompson, and Mostek. It was intended to be a flexible environment supporting a variety of computing intensive tasks, and has become a rather popular protocol in the computer industry. It is defined by the IEEE standard 1014-1987.
  • wide-angle glaucoma — open-angle glaucoma. See under glaucoma.
  • wraparound mortgage — a mortgage, as a second mortgage, that includes payments on a previous mortgage that continues in effect.
  • yeoman of the guard — a member of the bodyguard of the English sovereign, instituted in 1485, which now consists of 100 men, including officers, having purely ceremonial duties.
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